Winneba Trauma Hospital Director Suspended After Elderly Woman Allegedly Abandoned To Die
- The Medical Director of the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital has been suspended after staff were accused of dumping an elderly woman in a bush to die
- The health service described the incident as disturbing and has urged the general public to be patient as investigations continue
- The President of Accident Victim Support Ghana, Rev Cyril Crabbe, told YEN.com.gh his organisation had dealt with such cases in the past
The Medical Director of the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital has been suspended amid an investigation into claims its staff dumped an accident victim in a bush on the outskirts of Gomoa Ojobi.
A letter from the Ghana Health Service indicated that the suspension ensured a credible investigation into the accusations.
Source: UGC
The service assured that the appropriate action would be taken at the end of the enquiry to ensure that any persons connected with the incident were sanctioned.
It also described the incident as disturbing and has urged the general public to be patient as investigations continue.
The elderly woman who was abandoned reportedly died on June 10, 2024, after a week of abandonment at the roadside near a bush.
The accusations went viral on social media, prompting the service's intervention.
Photos and videos shared from where she was abandoned show a woman with a cast on both legs, lying down with a wheelchair by her side.
Some eyewitnesses have alleged they saw staff from the Ambulance Service removing the said old woman from an ambulance and dumping her by the roadside.
During her admission, the elderly woman could only indicate that she was from Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region.
The hospital has yet to comment officially on the incident.
The President of Accident Victim Support Ghana, Rev Cyril Crabbe, told YEN.com.gh that his outfit had health with such cases in the past.
"The hospital could have worked with Social Welfare for the best way to take care of the woman.”
He suggested they could have even reached out to corporate institutions or churches.
Crabbe also noted that his organisation has supported such victims in the past after hospitals reached out to them.
Baby missing in Zebilla hospital
YEN.com.gh also reported that a week-old baby was reported missing at the Zebilla District Hospital in the Upper East Region.
The midwife on duty at the time of the incident, Madam Zangina Grace, said the mother left the baby in the care of a woman she met and became friends with at the hospital to shower only to return and not find her child and the stranger.
Madam Zangina said the case has been reported to the police, who are working to find and apprehend the woman and rescue the child.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
